Shabana Azmi’s ‘Broken Images’ wins applause in US

The play stars Shabana Azmi,the doyen of Indian parallel cinema.

Shabana Azmi,Girish Karnad and Alque Padamsee,three of the biggest names in Indian theatre have come together in the critically acclaimed play ‘Broken Images’,which is running to full houses in the US.

Written by Padma Bhushan winning playwright-actor Karnad and directed by advertising guru Padamsee,the play stars Shabana Azmi,the doyen of Indian parallel cinema.

Held at the North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie,the play was presented by Vachikam Inc.,dedicated to bringing greater awareness of Indian performing arts and culture to audiences in United States and Canada.

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“Girish Karnad,whom I have known since I directed his English version of Tughlaq many years ago,has written a masterpiece about self delusion and phantom images. Shabana and I entered this maze of truths and half truths some months ago. It was a frightening yet exhilarating experience,” said Padamsee.

The psychological thriller sees Azmi play Manjula Sharma,a not-so-succesful Hindi writer,who suddenly becomes famous and rich by writing a best seller in English.

But Manjula is haunted by the question whether she betrayed her own language and identity by adopting a global audience. Her own image plays confessor,psychologist,and inquisitor.

The critically acclaimed play is on a national tour in various US cities. The tour started on October 7 with the first show in New York and will tour 15 cities including Boston,Los Angeles,Dallas,and Washington D.C. The show will end on November 7.

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